2015 June 5: While walking around my yard, I noticed a splash of very vivid orange in my neighbor's lot. As I drew closer I noticed that it was some intensely beautiful butterfly weed.
Butterfly weed is a type of milkweed ...an important wildflower because it is a host for monarch butterflies. The leaves are poisonous, but monarch butterfly caterpillars are able to eat them and by doing so become poisonous to predators.
WOW, I love these and that bright, bright orange!!! I have some of these seeds and didn't plant them, wonder if it's too late? Are the leaves poisonous to other animals? I would love to have some of these beauties growing around in my yard!! Anything to attract butterflies!! Huge FAV!
Thanks for your comments, @John@Angela@Kathy Butterfly weed is bright and beautiful, but it is my understanding that it is poisonous to any animal that grazes on large quantities of it. We usually see a lot of Monarchs in autumn; I assume it is because of my neighbor's butterfly weed and my butterfly bushes (Buddleja).
June 6th, 2015
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.
